Hair curling and waving device



June 15,1926. I 1,589,248

A. H. SEXTON HAIR CURLING AND 'WAV'ING DEVICE Fil'd June 22, 1925 I N VEN TOR. W%

ATTORNEY.

Patented June 15, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS H. SEXTON, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO DAVID L.SHORT,

- F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAIR CUR-LING AND WAVING- DEVICE.

Application filed June 22 1925., Serial No. 38,850.

This invention relates to a device that is adapted to be used instead ofa covered bendable wire or the like on which human hair may be wrappedtocause curling of the hair, the wires hitherto used being liable to.break after being repeatedly bent or heated. so as to become uselessand therefore,

resulting in loss, this invention relating especially to a curlingdevice thatis adapted to be repeatedly used as long as it may be needed.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved hair curler of theabove-mentioned character which shall be of such construction as to becapable of securely holding a strand of hair until the curling of thehair is effected, and which shall not be complicated and. costly.

Another object is to provide a hair curlerwhich shall be capable ofconveniently holding hair to be curled and" also capable of withstandingheat when it may be desired to insert the hair into a hollow heater forhastening the curling process.

' A further object is to provide a hair curler that shall be adapted toclamp a strand of hereinafter particularly described and fur-.

ther set forth in the appended claim.

' Referring to the drawings,--Figure 1 is a side View of the hair curlerand waver on which a strand of hair is wound to accomplish curling andwaving of the hair; Fig. 2 is a side view of the curling and wavingdevice; Fig. 3 is a front view of the device on a reduced scale; Fig. 4is a side view of 50 the'device on a reduced scale illustrating themanner of operation therof; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectionapproximately on the line V-V in Fig. 2, on a greatly enlarged scale; Fi6 is a transverse section on the line VI- I in Fig. 2 onan enlargedscale;

and Fig. 7 is a transverse section on the line VIIVII in Fig. 2.

Similar reference characters in the various figures of the drawingsindicate corresponding elements or features of construction hereinreferred to in detail.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates a fragment of a head of hairfrom which a strand of hair Qis divided out to be curled.

An embodiment of the invention comprises a straight curler rod 3, whichpreferably is hollow and may be composed of tubing. on which to wrap orwind the strand of hair to carry out the curling process. A clamp bar 4is provided which may be composed of 'thin 7( sheet metal and is curvedso as to'be semicircular in cross sect-ion to partially receive the rod3, the clamp bar being of such length as may be desired, such as shownin Fig. 3; or it may be nearly as long as the rod so as to have amanipulation extension portion 4'. The clamp bar has hinge ears 5 and 6on its edges adjacent to one end of the bar, the ears being arranged toloosely embrace the rod 3 adjacent to one end thereof.

Two retaining rods 7 and 8 are provided which preferably are composed ofspringwire, the major portions of the rods being normally straight andhaving obtuse-angled I hinging portions 9 and 10 respectively that arearranged adjacent to the hinge ears and are provided with hinge pins 1'1and 12- respectively that are inserted oppositely through suitable holesin the ears and the rod 3 adjacent to one end of the rod. The

opposite ends of-the rods 7 and 8 have obtuse-angled latch portions 13and 14 adapted to extend beyond the opposite end of the rod 3 and areintegrally connected with an axle 15 on which is a spherical roller 16to be drawn over the adjacent end of the rod 3 and become seated inthe'ope-n end of the rod if tubular, the rod having a socket 17 in itsend to receive the roller in case the rod is not tubular, the rollerhaving a bore loosely re oeiving the axle. The relatively angularportions permit efi'ective elongation of the retaining rods to permit.the roller to be sprung over the edge of the rod 3 and into or out ofthe opening in its end.

In practical use the retaining rods are swung away from the rod 3 andthe clamp bar 4 is swung also sufliciently to receive the end portion 18of the strand of hair between the bar and the rod 3 adj aoent'to thehinge ears, after which the bar 4 is swung back, as may be seen in Fig.4 and also farther until the bar 4: comes against the rod 3, after whichthe device is turned so as to cause the strand to be wrapped in closecoils 19 about the rod 3 and the clamp bar 4, to produce curling of thehair, the device being further rotated and the strand of hair guided soas to be spirally wound about the device to form open or separated coils20 which will result in Waving of the hair on completion of the process.Having wrapped the strand of hair on the rod 3, the retaining rods areswung over onto the coils of hair and the roller 16 is pressed intolatching position, and in case the hair coils are unusually thin theroller may be forced over the farther edge portion of the end of the rod3 to more tightly clamp the coils in place, the relative position of theI roller being indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. In some cases thehair may be retained by the apparatus during the night time toaccomplish the purpose but may be placed in a hollow or tubularelectrical heater and thereby obtain the desired results within a veryshort time. Usually the curling apparatus isquickly removed from thehair coils by first unlatching the retaining rods and swinging them overapproximately as shown in Fig.

mesa-ea 4:, pushing the clamp bar 4 slightly away from the rod 3 andthen pulling the rod and the bar out of the coils while holding thecoils by hand as the device, is drawn from them. The final result iswavy hair in proximity to the head and the curling of the remaining endportions of the hairs."

What is claimed as new is:

A hair curling and waving device comprising a hollow curler rod, a clampbar to co-operate with the rod having two cars on opposite edgesadjacent to one end of the bar, the ears being arranged on oppositesides of the curler rod adjacent to one end of the rod. two retainingrods having each a relatively obtuse-angled hinge portion on one end anda relatively obtuse-angled latch portion on the opposite end thereof,the hinge portions being provided with hinge pins that are connected-tosaid ears respectively and also to the adjacent portion of the curlerrod, the latch portions of the retaining rods having an axle integraltherewith, and a spherical roller arranged on the axle to be carriedthereby partially into the opposite end of the hollow curler rod.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature on the 18th day of June 1925.

AUGUSTUS SEXTON.

